Fly-catcher



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FLY OATGHER. No. 560,040. Patented May 12, 1896.

' 2%W 46m- M; 4%nmM UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM MASON MAYNADIER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

FLY-CATCH ER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 560,040, dated May 12,1896.

Application filed August 2,1895.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM Mason MAY- NADIER, of the city of Baltimore,in the State of Maryland, have invented certain Improvements inFly-Catchers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention consists in the combination, with a partially-darkenedwindow, of a plate of glass, celluloid, or other transparent material,upon which is spread the transparent adhesive substance usually employedin sticky fly-paper, the prepared glass plate being placed against theportion of the window through which light is admitted to the apartmentand with the sticky or prepared surface toward the room.

In the further description of the said invention which follows referenceis made to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and inwhich- Figure 1 is a front View of a window as seen from the inside ofthe room to which the window gives light. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionof Fig. 1, taken on the dotted line a: x.

Referring now to the drawings, A is a window-frame, and B and O are thesash thereof. D represents the glass in the sash B and O. E is a blindof ordinary construction and arrangement with reference to the window.

F is a plate of glass, celluloid,0r other trans- $erial No. 553,009. (Nomodel.)

parent or translucent material, on one side of which is applied acoating of transparent sticky material. The prepared glass plate isplaced in an inclined or nearly Vertical position on the sill a, withits upper corners resting against the window-frame A and with the stickyside toward the room. The blind E is then drawn down until its loweredge laps the upper edge of the prepared glass plate. The flies in theroom are attracted toward the light, and in their efiort to reach thelight come in contact with the sticky surface of the glass plate F andare caught, as shown in the drawings.

Prepared plates applied as described and shown are found to rid anapartment of flies in a short space of time.

I claim as my invention In combination With a partially-darkened window,a sheet of glass or other transparent material treated with a stickysubstance which is placed against the portion of the window throughwhich light is admitted, and with the sticky side toward the room towhich the said window gives light,substantially as specified.

WILLIAM MASON MAYNADIER.

IVitn esses XVM. T. HOWARD, DANL. FISHER.

